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Hey everyone. So just thought I would share my experience for others who may run into this.
I bought a new Marlin 1895 Stainless guide Gun in 45 70 recently. To my dismay when trying to feed it/cycle it for the first time, it was not feeding the cartridges properly and they would hang up on the bottom edge of the chamber mouth, stuck good.
I immediately thought, chamber burr? as it was cutting into the case or shaving off brass. No they did a pretty good job of deburring it. Then I thought, perhaps it was the Leverolution Rounds, the ones with the little red rubber points. Checked my mag tube follower but it had a dimple in it specifically for this.
I decided to cut one of them flat to the copper jacket like a normal flat nose that these guns were designed for, still it was really hanging up.
So I inspected the Action and noticed that ever so slightly when cycling. The cartridge lifter would go to proper height but then drop slightly afterwards when the lever was all the way down.
When I did it slowly I could feel where the cam for the lifter felt kind of gritty. So I short stroked it about 100 times so that I was only actuating the lifter on that cam rail. This cleaned off whatever slight burr was there and I felt it smooth up. Now it Functions fine.
Anyway long story short. If this happens, don't freak out and start doing anything rash to the internals, just try to break it in first, in my case that's all it took.
Take care all.
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